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Gutters and Downspouts

Working With Wood Gutters

Builder Scott McBride recounts his time cleaning and rebuilding wood gutters, including the advantages to wood gutters and the key to wood-gutter longevity.
Podcast 200: Home Shops, Working Lead-Safe, and Keeping Cool in Carolina

The regular team discusses pole building vs. slab-on-grade, reducing lead exposure, and using batts for a double-stud wall.
Podcast 199: Roof-insulation Retrofit, Codes for Existing Buildings, and Air-sealing Tape Choices

The Fine Homebuilding Editors discuss framing details for adding rigid foam over a roof, when a remodeler needs to refer to the International Existing Building Code, what tapes work well for weatherizing an attached garage, and more.
A Classic Farmhouse

Views from inside and out.
Rain Diverter Protects an Uncovered Exterior Entryway

A simple formed-metal strip fastened under asphalt roof shingles diverts rainwater sideways toward a gutter to keep the area below a little drier.
How to Hang Half-Round Gutters

This classic look is made even better with modern materials.
Functional Water Feature

A Japanese rain chain turns the mundane task of getting water from your gutters to the ground into an artistic experience
Wood-like Fiberglass Gutters

Low maintenance fiberglass replica of wooden gutters for historic homes
Fixing Common Gutter Blunders

Design and install gutters as if they prevent damp foundations, peeling paint, and mold—because they do.
V-11 Rain Diverter

The Vertex V-11 has a 220° curve that recirculates rainwater in a spiral pattern